St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-23
B0REALIS RESTS.
Carnival Directors Have Decided to
CLOSE the Palace Grounds
On Sunday.
And the Palace Of Borealis Rex
Will be as Still as the
Grave To-Day.
The Carnival is Half Way Past and Has
Been Success Greater Than Was
Expected.
Ohildren's Day Drew Thousands of Little
Folks to the Ice Kings
Home,
where They Were Given a Holiday
More Pleasant Than the Old
Folks Ever Have
sports on the R1nks-- Crowds at the
West Side Annex--CarnivaI
Notes.

The ice palace will be closed to-day and
and there will be no illumination of the
streets tonight. Such was the decision OF
the board of directors yesterday. The SUBJ
Ject was carefully investigated and argued
pro and con by the gentlemen constituting
the board, and it was their decision that
every gate and entrance OF the carnival
grounds should be barred to-day. 1t was
argued by some members Of the board that
the grounds should remain open for the
benefit Of Minneap0litans and the residents
of other neighb0ring towns and cities, hav-
ing Sunday trains, who could obtain no
other opportunity to visit ST. Paul except
or Sunday; but this was deemed an insult
fcient preteXt for violating the sanctity of
the Sabbath day by majority of the board,
and so it was decided that the ell
frances to the palace of King Boreais
should be closed to the public to-day.
But the visitors to st. PauFs carnival will
ind no lack of entertainment to-day. The
eighty-six churches of the SANITY City will
be opened to them, and they will receive
hearty welcome within their portals. And
ST. Paul has other attractions than the
palace Of ice. and there are many places OF
interest to be visited. The falls of Min
nehaha are as beautiful in winter as in
summer, and several trains pass them every
day, Sundays not excepted. A view of the
city from Dayton'S bluff. st. Anthony hill
and Summit avenue is well worth seeing,
and the ice palace itself can be viewed
from beyond the outer walls of the park
Third street. which has been brilliant every
night during the past week, will be
illumined tonight only by an occasional
glimmer from an electric light and the be-
dimmed luster of the gas jets upon the
street corners, but when again lighted to-
morrow night the grand illumination will
seem more gorgeous than ever before.
IT IS HALF GONE.
To-day marks the middle of the carnival
season and by reason of the fact that the
palace grounds are closed forms strong
line of demarcation between the two weeks.
During the past week. beginning even q
day OF two back into the previous one. the
city has been not only full but running over
with strangers. All the hotels have been
doing land office business. Not only has
every room been occupied, but every avail
able spot in the house is supplied with cots,
and public halls have been utilized for Sleep
ing purposes, while restaurants have fed all
the people they could possibly acc m no.
date. In addition TO this the private resi-
dences are full, as people who have rela-
tives or friends in town have availed them
selves of the carnival time to make visit.
The universal verdict has been that the first
week of the carnival is a success. The i'm
mense procession of uniformed clubs on
Wednesday utterly astonished people who
were visiting here. The storming of the
palace on Thursday surpassed in grandeur
anything ever seen in the coEn-
try, and the display of win
%or nn Of
cannot be eXcelled. it is safe to say, in any
city of America and formed one of the most
pleasing sights Of the whole carnival. But
the best is to come. The carnival has been
planned so that it will not grow less and
less. but greater and greater This week
there will be a curling bonspiel occupying
several days. On Tuesday will be a pro-
cession of juvenile carnival clubs, prizes
being given to those making the best turn
outs. On Wednesday Will be procession
of grotesQue and burlesque costumes and
rigs, and i'll the evening fancy dress en-
tertainment on the skating rnks in the
grounds. On Thursday there will he pro-
cessiOn of blooded dogs in competition for
prizes, and in the evening the second Storm
ing of the palace, more grand than the
first. On Friday there will be a daylight
competitive parade by snow shoe. toboggan,
ski and skating clubs. Six hundred dollars
will be awarded as prizes for tie most
elaborate floats. On Saturday Children's
day will be repeated on magnificent scale.